Stop knocking on peoples' doors

[Anonymous]

Before we got married, my husband’s condo building had a unit rented out to a series of Mormon missionaries. They would see each other in passing and be polite. After a few months one pair actually talked to my husband and for a reason I can’t remember anymore my husband and his then roommate agreed to have them over to talk.

He just happened to forget that he was a Christian pastor and his roommate was in seminary. I don’t think the missionaries expected so many challenging questions and they got flustered and quickly left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before we got married, my husband’s condo building had a unit rented out to a series of Mormon missionaries. They would see each other in passing and be polite. After a few months one pair actually talked to my husband and for a reason I can’t remember anymore my husband and his then roommate agreed to have them over to talk.

He just happened to forget that he was a Christian pastor and his roommate was in seminary. I don’t think the missionaries expected so many challenging questions and they got flustered and quickly left.

Mormons are instructed not to engage with scholars of other denominations, PP. It wasn’t very nice of your husband not to disclose his status from the get-go. There is no “gotcha” moment he should be angling for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The rare times I've had religious groups knock on my door, they were wonderfully polite. They never banged down my door, and never asked to be allowed in. They invited me to peruse their literature, and if I were so moved, to join their group. I thanked them, and they left.

I think you might have communicated the wrong idea when they could see you wave to them. As in "Hello, I'll be with you in just a moment", instead of "Get off my lawn!". So naturally they thought they should stay, and you thought they had outstayed their welcome.

But I agree with others that this story seems a little hard to believe.

How nice for you. I had two refuse to leave. One guy stuck his foot in the way when I tried to close the door.

If these people thought OP meant "I'll be with you in a minute" why did they keep knocking ?

It’s hard to believe you, but OK. Glad that’s never happened to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before we got married, my husband’s condo building had a unit rented out to a series of Mormon missionaries. They would see each other in passing and be polite. After a few months one pair actually talked to my husband and for a reason I can’t remember anymore my husband and his then roommate agreed to have them over to talk.

He just happened to forget that he was a Christian pastor and his roommate was in seminary. I don’t think the missionaries expected so many challenging questions and they got flustered and quickly left.

Mormons are instructed not to engage with scholars of other denominations, PP. It wasn’t very nice of your husband not to disclose his status from the get-go. There is no “gotcha” moment he should be angling for.

Yeah, Mormons are not out to argue or debate people. They are polite to a fault. That’s why they got flustered and left.

That’s why the people op says were bothering him were not Mormon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The rare times I've had religious groups knock on my door, they were wonderfully polite. They never banged down my door, and never asked to be allowed in. They invited me to peruse their literature, and if I were so moved, to join their group. I thanked them, and they left.

I think you might have communicated the wrong idea when they could see you wave to them. As in "Hello, I'll be with you in just a moment", instead of "Get off my lawn!". So naturally they thought they should stay, and you thought they had outstayed their welcome.

But I agree with others that this story seems a little hard to believe.

How nice for you. I had two refuse to leave. One guy stuck his foot in the way when I tried to close the door.

If these people thought OP meant "I'll be with you in a minute" why did they keep knocking ?

Why did you open the door?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…you mean Jehovah’s Witnesses?

I’ve never seen them in groups of 4.

What denomination sends out 4 people together in a group to go house to house?

A friend of mine was a single mom of twins and she used to invite the jehovahs witnesses in and make them babysit while she took a shower and did laundry. Apparently it went on for a year or two. She’s like “I will take free help.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The rare times I've had religious groups knock on my door, they were wonderfully polite. They never banged down my door, and never asked to be allowed in. They invited me to peruse their literature, and if I were so moved, to join their group. I thanked them, and they left.

I think you might have communicated the wrong idea when they could see you wave to them. As in "Hello, I'll be with you in just a moment", instead of "Get off my lawn!". So naturally they thought they should stay, and you thought they had outstayed their welcome.

But I agree with others that this story seems a little hard to believe.

How nice for you. I had two refuse to leave. One guy stuck his foot in the way when I tried to close the door.

If these people thought OP meant "I'll be with you in a minute" why did they keep knocking ?

What was the denomination of the religious group that refused to leave and the guy stuck his foot in the door from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…you mean Jehovah’s Witnesses?

I’ve never seen them in groups of 4.

What denomination sends out 4 people together in a group to go house to house?

A friend of mine was a single mom of twins and she used to invite the jehovahs witnesses in and make them babysit while she took a shower and did laundry. Apparently it went on for a year or two. She’s like “I will take free help.”

Actually very kind of them to help her, especially for 1-2 years. I believe that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The rare times I've had religious groups knock on my door, they were wonderfully polite. They never banged down my door, and never asked to be allowed in. They invited me to peruse their literature, and if I were so moved, to join their group. I thanked them, and they left.

I think you might have communicated the wrong idea when they could see you wave to them. As in "Hello, I'll be with you in just a moment", instead of "Get off my lawn!". So naturally they thought they should stay, and you thought they had outstayed their welcome.

But I agree with others that this story seems a little hard to believe.

How nice for you. I had two refuse to leave. One guy stuck his foot in the way when I tried to close the door.

If these people thought OP meant "I'll be with you in a minute" why did they keep knocking ?

Why did you open the door?

Because at that time people actually opened the door when someone knocked? But Ok, it was my fault for opening the door.

I called their church and complained. They were taken off of door knocking (a serious punishment for them) and our address was put on their "do not disturb" list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The rare times I've had religious groups knock on my door, they were wonderfully polite. They never banged down my door, and never asked to be allowed in. They invited me to peruse their literature, and if I were so moved, to join their group. I thanked them, and they left.

I think you might have communicated the wrong idea when they could see you wave to them. As in "Hello, I'll be with you in just a moment", instead of "Get off my lawn!". So naturally they thought they should stay, and you thought they had outstayed their welcome.

But I agree with others that this story seems a little hard to believe.

How nice for you. I had two refuse to leave. One guy stuck his foot in the way when I tried to close the door.

If these people thought OP meant "I'll be with you in a minute" why did they keep knocking ?

What was the denomination of the religious group that refused to leave and the guy stuck his foot in the door from?

Mormon. Same visit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The rare times I've had religious groups knock on my door, they were wonderfully polite. They never banged down my door, and never asked to be allowed in. They invited me to peruse their literature, and if I were so moved, to join their group. I thanked them, and they left.

I think you might have communicated the wrong idea when they could see you wave to them. As in "Hello, I'll be with you in just a moment", instead of "Get off my lawn!". So naturally they thought they should stay, and you thought they had outstayed their welcome.

But I agree with others that this story seems a little hard to believe.

How nice for you. I had two refuse to leave. One guy stuck his foot in the way when I tried to close the door.

If these people thought OP meant "I'll be with you in a minute" why did they keep knocking ?

What was the denomination of the religious group that refused to leave and the guy stuck his foot in the door from?

Mormon. Same visit.

Don’t believe you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…you mean Jehovah’s Witnesses?

I’ve never seen them in groups of 4.

What denomination sends out 4 people together in a group to go house to house?

A friend of mine was a single mom of twins and she used to invite the jehovahs witnesses in and make them babysit while she took a shower and did laundry. Apparently it went on for a year or two. She’s like “I will take free help.”

Actually very kind of them to help her, especially for 1-2 years. I believe that.

Yeah. She has really good memories of the interaction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The rare times I've had religious groups knock on my door, they were wonderfully polite. They never banged down my door, and never asked to be allowed in. They invited me to peruse their literature, and if I were so moved, to join their group. I thanked them, and they left.

I think you might have communicated the wrong idea when they could see you wave to them. As in "Hello, I'll be with you in just a moment", instead of "Get off my lawn!". So naturally they thought they should stay, and you thought they had outstayed their welcome.

But I agree with others that this story seems a little hard to believe.

How nice for you. I had two refuse to leave. One guy stuck his foot in the way when I tried to close the door.

If these people thought OP meant "I'll be with you in a minute" why did they keep knocking ?

What was the denomination of the religious group that refused to leave and the guy stuck his foot in the door from?

Mormon. Same visit.

Don’t believe you.

OK. And...? That doesn't mean it didn't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…you mean Jehovah’s Witnesses?

I’ve never seen them in groups of 4.

What denomination sends out 4 people together in a group to go house to house?

A friend of mine was a single mom of twins and she used to invite the jehovahs witnesses in and make them babysit while she took a shower and did laundry. Apparently it went on for a year or two. She’s like “I will take free help.”

Yeah right. She's lucky she didn't come out of the shower and find no babies in her house at all and no clue where they went.

[Anonymous]

I don't like anyone knocking on my door. Just like I don't like people calling me. If they text me first to check and see if I can take a call or have a visitor, that's fine, but random uninvited knocking on my door, you better have a darn good reason and it needs to be something like your car is on fire or we're evacuating the area.